Thanks Prejith ji for sharing this rare plant. Regards Prashant On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thats so nice to see this very rare plant for India. > Thanks so much for posting. Youa re very few of the lucky ones who has > seen it in wild. > Best wishes. > Pankaj > > > On Nov 3, 12:20 pm, PreSam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gurcharan ji, I think October-November will be best for viewing > > terrestrials and March-April-May for epiphytes. I'm going to Chembra > > hills tomorrow which is a shola grassland with the peak at 1850 metres > > asl. Hope the rain doesn't play spoilsport. Will be back with plenty > > of pictures. Hoping to see the elusive Ipsea malabarica in bloom. > > > > Regards, > > Prejith. > > > > On Nov 3, 9:15 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Imagine what all we will see when our orchid experts plan to have an > orchid > > > week in any forthcoming month. We are desperately looking forward to > that. > > > > > Another nice series of photographs Prejith ji > > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Prejith Sampath <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Sharing pictures of the now almost extinct in the wild Vanda > wightii. It > > > > comes into bloom during late October through into November with 3-5 > flowers > > > > on a raceme which are fragrant at dusk. The flowers are slightly > smaller > > > > than V. tessellata and the plant has arching leaves. They do not > tolerate > > > > too much of sunlight. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Prejith >
